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APUSH MC TEST [1900-1945]

Links to practice tests: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap-us-history-course-description.pdf

(Sewell’s review sheets) *Studying the SHORT ANSWER GUIDE would be helpful too
[1887-1901] William McKinley → Roosevelt
-Imperialism: “new imperialism” was the idea of a country being able to dominate another country
-Spanish American War: Really began b/c of American imperial interests into the Caribbean area, b/c of island like Cub which had sugar
Jingoism developed=extreme nationalism, increased number of imperialists+expansionists.
The 1895 Cuban revolt initiated the United States to try to involve into the revolution. Yellow journalism by Hearst in the NY Journal and Pulitzer in the NY World caused people to want to help out the Cubans when b/c newspapers broadcasted false Spanish atrocities.
The sinking of the USS Maine was blamed on the Spanish, so the US saw it as a direct threat and message to go to war.
Teller Amendment authorized the US to go to war with the Spanish, and stated the US didn’t want to take over Cuba.
Rough Riders led by Theodore Roosevelt=main action on Cuba, destroyed Spanish
Emilio Aguinaldo agreed to use Filipino rebel forces to unite with the Americans to try overthrowing the Spanish at Manila.
American victory→Treaty of Paris 1898 giving US Puerto Rico and Guam, plus Philippines for a payment of $20 million.
Resulted in the Philippine question, anti-imperialists said ruling over Filipinos=against Constitution and Declaration of Independence
US gave Cuba independence but remained intimate with its affairs and took Guantanamo Bay.
-Splendid little war: A phrase said by secretary of state John Hays about the Spanish-American war, showing the U.S. cockiness towards the war, expressed T Roosevelt’s desire to have a short, successful war in order to demonstrate US authority/masculinity; short war, easy victory, vast territorial gains, few casualties
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